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FRANK C. RINSCHE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO BUBROUGHS ADDING MACHINE COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION '0F MICHIGAN. y

ADDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Application filed March 19, 1914. Serial No. 825,757.

1 To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. INSGHE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to adaptan adding machine to the expeditious handling of work which involves the printing of single items upon separate articles, such as pay envelops, as an adjunct to listing the items, as for pay-roll purposes. Provision is also made for classifying the listed items, if desired, as by printing sepa-- rate totals for different departments of the business establishment, these separate totals being-summed up in a grand total which may be eventually printed.

In the form of embodiment of the invention which lI have chosen to illustrate in the present application, the well known Burroughs adding and listing machine is utilized, a somewhat recently developed type of which I find especially adaptable to my purpose, to wit, that type which employs two counters or accumulators and a paper1 carriage reciprocating between two columnar positions in successive operations of the machine. In carrying out my invention as adapted to this type of machine I make use of a sectional roller platen, one section of which takes care of the listing, and the other section of which handles the pay envelops, this latter section serving as an injecting and ejecting means whereby an inserted pay envelop may be properly presented for receiving an imprint from the vtype of the machine proper, and, may then be ejected. The paper carriage will be reciprocated between aposition wherein said section of the platen may thus present the envelop to the printing type, and a position wherein a strip of roll paper overlying the other section of the platen may be properly presented to the printing type, and provision is made for having the sameotypes set up during two successive operations of the machine in order that the same amount printed upon the strip may be duplicated upon the envelop. In this connection I make use of line-spacing devices of a familiar character which provide for line-spacing of the stripcarrying section of the platen only in every other operation of the machine. Thus the Wage item or amount printed-upon the strip is duplicated upon the injected envelop, along the same horizontal line. Then in the latter half of the machines operation which prints upon the envelop line-spacing occurs. I take advantage of this alternate line-spacing action to effect the desired control of re` lease and restoration of the amount determining devices so that this latter action will occur only in every other operation of the machine and the duplicate printing of the wage amount will thus be brought about. I also take advantage of the alternate linespacing action to time the ejection of the envelop. Thus the envelop-handling section of the platen having been rotated forwardly against spring tension and detained with the envelop properly positioned .to receive the imprint and the wage item or amount having been printed upon the strip in an operation of the machine which does not effect line-spacing and the carriage in such operation having been shifted to properly position the envelop-handling section of the platen in line with the printing types, then the succeeding operation of the machine which does` the printing on the envelop effects the release of the envelop-handling platen-section through the medium of the line-spacing mechanlsm which becomes effective in this succeeding operation of the machine to step the other section of the platen for line-spacing the strip.

Referring to the drawings which accompany and form part of thisV specification, Figure 1 is a perspective plan view of a machine embodying my invention;Fig.` 1&2 shows a pay-envelop which has been through the machine; Fig. 2 is a rear eleva- 'tion ofthe same with some parts broken away; Fig. 3 is a right side elevation of the paper carriage partly sectionalized; Fig. 4 is a vertical' cross-section taken substantially on the line 4-4 of F-ig. 3; Fig. 4* is a section on line la-4 of Fig. 4; Fig. 4b is a section taken substantially on line 1b-4b of Fig. 5; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but illustrating a changed condition resulting from injection of the envelop and partial operation of the machine; Fig. 5BL is a fragmentary view illustrating the action of certain of the parts appearing in Fig. 5; Fig.'6 shows an axle section of the envelophandling operation of the4 platen 'together with part of the strip-handling portion;

Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are similar end elevations of the envelop-handling section of the platen illustrating varying relationships of the parts for receiving, injecting and ejectlng the envelop; Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the envelop-clamping bail carried by this section of the platen; Fig. 11 is a sectional View embracing the envelop-handling platen member and the receiver for the envelops; Fig. 12 is a top plan View of the latter; Fig. 13 is a sectionalized' right side elevation of the machine; Fig. 14 is a similar view showing a change in the relationship of the parts due to depression of a special key; Fig. 15 shows some of the same parts illustrating a further change in their relationship which comes about as a result 0f operation of the machine with said special key set; Fig. 16 is a left side elevation of the machine.

The machine proper comprising setting up, adding and printing mechanisms is so familiar in all its details through disclosures of numerous issued patents and through commercial usage that no description of it is necessary to a thorough understanding of the present invention by any one skilled in the art. This is likewise the case as to paper-carriage reciprocating mechanism as well as tol duplex accumulating mechanism. Reference may be had to Patent No. 924,118 issued June 8, 1909 upon the joint invention of J esse G. Vincent and Russell E. Benner, with respect to carriage reciprocating means, and to Patent No. 1,048,249 issued December 24, 1912, on the invention of Nelson White, with respect to carriage reciprocating means combined with I duplex accumulator mechanism; By referring to Fig. 2 parts of the carriage reciprocating mechanism willl be readily recognized as corresponding with those disclosed' in said White patent. The present invention, however, does not call for coperation between the carriage reciprocating mecha-,

nism and the controlling devices for the duplex accumulators, as in the said patent.l

Thus the present invention is not concerned with alternate registration upon two dierent accumulators, but on the contrary calls for eliminating registrationv altogether in every other operation of the machine after the manner of the machine disclosed in the aforesaid Vincent-Benner patent, it being of course understood that the wage amount printed twice in successive operations of the machine should not be added but once. As to the line-spacing mechanism which is alternately effective in successive operations of the machine, that here disclosed is substantially identical with that disclosed in the aforesaid White patent.

Referring to Fig. 1, the left-hand section of the roller platen, designated 2, does not dier from the roller platens of the above prior patents, to take care of either a strip of roll paper or a sheet of paper entering from the rear, in the case of a sheet of paper supported by the holder 2a between guiding brackets 2b. This equipment adapts the machine for use without the envelop printing attachment, if desired, the connection between the carriage reciprocating bar 14 and the carriage being adjustable or variable as in the machine of the White patent. The present invention, however, is particularly concerned with the use of roll paper and in Fig. 1 reference letter A designates a strip of such paper which overlies the right-hand portion of the platen section 2 and is illustrated as carrying a classified record of wage items and totals. The right hand secently of the left-hand section and is somewhat shorter, its length being determined by the width of the ordinary pay envelop. It is supported in bearings upon the right side piece 4 of the platen cradle and intermediate bracket la of said cradle as shown in Fig. 6, the left-hand section 2 journaling upon an extended portion of the axle 3a of the right-hand section. As the latter is to serve for injecting the envelop and then ejecting it after it has been printed upon, this section has no connection with the linespacing mechanism of the machine as does the left-hand section. This right-hand platen section is especially constructed and equipped to receive and grasp the envelop (designated B in Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 11), and manipulative means are supplied for rotating this platen section forwardly a measured distance to accurately position the envelop to receive the imprint. Describing first the special formation of thisv platen section and its equipment for grasping the envelop, the

Arubber facing of the platen is preferably flattened, as shown at 3b, so as to avoid deflection of the envelop when dropping through the chute 6 (hereinafter more fully described) and also to provide for a little more extended clamping of the envelop. A clamp plate 7 is normally positioned t0 receive the envelop as it drops past the fiattened surface of the platen, as illlustrated in Figs. 7 and 1l, said plate having upturned guard lips 7a (Fig. 10) which prethe right-hand one of these two. side arms with a stud on the right-hand head of the platen, and tends to throw the plate 7 to clamping position. This is normally prevented by the abutment of the lug 9a of a disk 9 secured to the said rock rod 7, against a stationary lug 10a. A bottom guide plate 10 (Fig. 7) which is fastened to the carriage cradle frame supports the envelop as it is carried under the platen. The latter is rotated forward against the stress of a spring A hereinafter described. Normally that spring is holding the platen back and pressing the lug 9a against the lug 10a, thus holding down the clamp plate 7 against the stress of its spring 8 which is inferior to the spring which reversely rotates the platen. However, in order to relieve the clamping structure of the strain of stopping the platen in back rotation, a lug 13 is formed upon the head of the platen and a stop pawl 14 is pivoted to the platen cradle, being held down in the path of the lug 13 by a spring 1.5. (The pivoting is merely to permit almost complete forward rotation of the platen.) The plate 10 has a forward portion curved .in conformity with the curvature of the platen, and there are similarly curved side extensions 1()b of this plate running well around the platen. Thisarrangement causes the envelop to closely hug the platen as it is carried around to the printing position and to be closely and smoothly held to the platen when in the printing position.

Passingnow to the means for rotating the platen forward, there is secured to the axle 3a a pinion 17 (Figs. 1, 3, 4, 4a, 5 and 6) with which there meshes a large gear wheel 18 mountedto turn upon -a stud 19 carried by the cradle (Fig. 4). There is also loosely mounted upon this stud a lhand lever 20 carrying a pivotally mounted pawl 21 for engaging the teeth of said gear wheel and advancing the same when the hand lever is pulled forward. The pivot stud is desig.

nated 20L and the numeral 21b designates a spring bearing on the top of the pawl forward of said stud (Fig. 3) and seating in a socket in the under side of a boss 2Ob on the lever 20.v For the purpose of accurately measuring the extent of throw of this lever (by which the exact amount of injection'of the envelop is determined) a stop plate 22 is loosely mounted upon said stud 19 (Fig. 4) and carries a stud or pin 22a for the hand lever to back up against. There is a stationary rack 23 of segmental form affixed to the ycradle (here shown as integral with the right side plate 4 thereof), and said stop plate carries a pivotally mounted dog or pawl 24 to interlock with said rack and fix the plate in position, the pivot being designated 24a in Fig. 4a. The stop plate is suitably guided and maintained against lateral displacement, by a screw 26 (Fig. 4) which engages an arc-shaped slot 22c in the plate (Figs. 3 and 5). locking position by a spring 27 which connects it to the plate and is equipped with a handle 24c by which it can be conveniently disengaged from the rack and set in a new position.

The motor spring for reversely rotating the envelop platen is here shown in the form of a clock spring 30 encircling a block 31 (Fig. 6) fastened to the stud 19. The inner end of this spring is secured to a flattened part of said block by a screw 32 and the outer end of the spring is secured to a stud 33 on one of the spokes of the gear wheel 18, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Obviously when the hand lever 20 is pulled forward and the gear wheel and pinion thereby rotated, the springwillbe wound up as illustrated in Fig. 5. The platen is detained against the stress of said spring by a detent 34 which is pivoted upon a convenient shaft of the carriage, to wit, the'shaft 35, (rockable as usual through the medium of a handle 36 to take pressure ofi'l the paper around the lefthand section of the platen). Said detent is held by a spring 38 against the periphery of a disk 39 secured to the axle 3a of the envelop platen. Said disk has a notch 40 for the detent to engage for the purpose of detaining the platen as illustrated in Fig. 5, and in order to provide for setting the disk on the shaft to correspond with the setting of the stop plate 22, it is not secured directly to the axle but adjustably connected with the same through the medium of a drum 41 having a. conical inner head 42 adapted `to interlock with a correspondingly formed socket 39a in the disk. The drum fits loosely on the axle but is rotatively connected therewith through the medium of the tubular stem 4-4 of the platen knob 45, said stem being bifurcated so as to interlock with a, lug 46-on the interior of the drum. A set screw 47 secures the knob to the axle, and a spring 48 inserted between an interior shoulder of the drum and the end of the tubular stem operates to press the cone 42 into engagement with the disk socket 39, the cone and socket being preferably serrated for interlocking purposes. The disk is preferably made with a knurled flange 39b of a little larger diameter than the notched portion of the disk, for convenience in setting the same.

The hand lever 2O is retracted independently of the gear wheel 18 by a spring 50 which is fastened at one end to the lever and at the opposite end to a cap 51 which covers this spring and the spring 30 and is clamped against the block 31, the stud 19 having a The pawl 24 is held in limited by contact of the end of the pawl 21 against a stud 57 on the lixed rack plate 23 (dotted lines Fig. 5). As soon as this lever is released the spring 50 returns it, the pawl 21 clicking over the teeth'of the gear 18 and finally being disengaged therefrom by reason of a depending arm 21FL of said pawl striking against 'a stud 60 on the stop plate 22, (Fig. 3), and the spring 2lb being overcome.

Rebound of the envelop platen in its return vmovement, (which is of considerable force owing to the character of the spring 30 and the ratio between the gear wheel 1S and pinion 17, and is somewhat accentuated by the clamp plate spring 8) is prevented by the engagement of a roller stud on the gear 18 with the acute cam-end of a linger 71 pivoted upon the same shaft as the detent 34 and upheld by a somewhat stiff spring 72 which connects its forward branch 71a. with the same cradle stud 4a to which the detent spring 3.8 is attached (Fig. 4b).

It will be seen that through the above described adjusting devices forward movement of the envelop platen can be variously measured and the platendetaine'd in its advanced position so that the envelop may be held at exactly the right position to receive the imprint where itshould appear. Usually these envelops are printed, as illustrated in Fig. la, and of course it is desirable to have the amount appear in horizontal alinement with the dollar sign. When the platen is released through the tripping of the detent 34 (by means hereinafter described) and is forcibly rotated backward as already explained, the envelop is first unrolled from it and then ejected as the clamp plate 7 is swung downthrough engagement of the lug 9a with the lug 10a as 'before explained. When so ejected the envelop is shot into a receptacle mounted upon the frear of the carriage. This receptacle as here shown is in the form of a rectangular box 80 (Figs. 11 and 12) secured to the cradle. This is preferably done through the medium of a U-shaped bar 81 whose cross piece is screwed to the cradle frame bar 82 which supports the back plate 2 of the sheet holder and whose side arms engage loops or keepers 84 on the sides of the box. .Set screws 85 pass through the rear loops or keepers and engage the side bars. The box has a forwardly projecting upper portion occupying a cutout part of the plate 2a and constituting a mouth standing immediately in rear of the envelop platen to receive the envelops therefrom. The lip 87 forming the lower side of this mouth is flush with the plate 10, as shown in Fig. 11, so that as the envelop emerges it will pass smoothly over the surfaces of said plate and lip. The box is partially closed at the top which, is arched to deflect the envelop should the force of the ejection throw it upward. This top is left open in the middle portion and the front of the box is likewise provided with a central opening, so that the interior of the box can be readily inspected to see whether the envelops are stacking properly. They should stack on the bottom of the receptacle as illustrated in Fig. 11. The rear of the box is open for extraction of the envelops and an opening is made in the bottom of the box at the rear as shown at S8 to admit of more -readily grasping the stack of envelops to remove them. A wire bail 90 is hinged to one side of the box at the rear, as shown in Fig. 12, and held against the rear side of the box by a spring 91 for the purpose of preventing the envelops from` falling out of the rear of the box. When they are to be removed this bail p is thrown backward.

Referring next to the matter of tripping the detent 34, it will be understood that when utilizing the machine for the purposes of the present invention, the amount set up on the keyboard is first printed upon the paper strip A with the carriage in the right: hand position, and that the carriage is shifted to the left in that operation in order to position the envelop-platen in rear of the type carriers, but that there is no line-spacing of the stripplaten in that operation. 1n the Inext operation the printing is vdone upon the envelop and the carriage is shifted back to the right to again position the strip in rear of the type carriers. In this second operation line-spacing occurs. This as usual involves a. downward swing of the line-space bail 95. The rock shaft 96 of that bail extends beyond the right-hand side of the carriage as usual. (It thus serves as a bearing for the familiar hand lever 98 which rocks the tabulating rod 99). In the present instance I secure to that rock shaft in between the bearing portions of said hand lever, a short arm 100 (Figs. 3, 4 and 5) and loosely mount upon it alongside said arm a plate 101 having upon its upper portion an angular notched wiper pawl 102. A spring 103 connects a stud 100"L of the arm 100 with a stud 101a of the plate 101 holding the latter stud up against an' under edge of the arm 100, as shown in Fig. 3. Another spring 106 connects the wiper pawl 102 with another stud 101b on the plate 101 and holds said wiper pawl pointing rearward. When the linespacing bail rocks downward the arm 100 is rocked upward and forward and the platel 101 follows it by reason of the spring con` nection between these two parts. The wiper pawl 102 is then caused to wipe past a downwardly extending nose 34c of the detent 34 so that its notch becomes interlocked with said nose as shown in Fig. 5. Then upon the upward swinging of the line-space bail and the consequent rearward and downward rocking of the arm 100, the plate 101 is forced rearward and downward by reason of the action of said arm on the stud 102W7 and a toggle-like action of the plate and wiper pawl will occur, that is to say, a partial straightening of these members after the manner of the straightening of a togglejoint, and the result is that the nose of the detent is forced rearward and its forward end disengaged fromthe notch of the disk 39 (Fig. 5a). The envelop platen then executes its return movement or `reverse rotation, ejecting the envelop. The wiper pawl escapes past the nose of the detent so that the latter returns to engagement with the periphery of said disk but not until the notch of the latter has passed rearward.

Referring next to the matter of providing for the duplicate printingr of the amount automatically, first on the strip and then on the envelop, I again utilize the line-spacing action to release the devices which restore the setting` up mechanism. It will be understood that, as in any Burroughs machine the amount keys when depressed set stops to measure the extent of movement of the type carriers and that they also move detent strips rearward which are caught and held by detent pawls, and that these pawls are lifted by the rocking of a release bail 219 (Figs. 13-16) which bail also acts to push forward the detent strips. The bail is rocked by a wiper plate 623v carried by a pivotcd arm 622, the latter being drawn by its spring into Contact with the full stroke sector 311. The customary way of preventing release and restoration of setting up devices in a Burroughs machine is to obstruct the arm 622 so that it cannot follow the full stroke sector and therefore the wiper plate will not pass down below the stud on the release bail. I practise that same thing for the purposes of securing the duplicate print ing according to the present invention, but in order to render the opera-tion automatic I prefer not to use the ordinary repeat'key which would have to be manipulated between each two operations. Thus I provide a special repeat key designated 150 and mounted upon a lever 151 (Fig. 13) which y lever has a depending arm 151 with a curved extremity notched in the upper side (Figs. 14 and 15). This notch normally engages a stud 152 on a rearwardly projecting portion of an upright arm 153 (Fig. 13)\vwhich is part of a horizontal bar 154 running to the rear of the machine and suitably guided for rectilineal movement by frame studs 160 and 161 which engage horizontal slots in the bar. The said upright arm has pivoted t0 it a thrust piece 155 extending vertically and 'normally held up by a spring 156 connecting an angular portion of it with a lower portion of the upright arm 153. A spring 157 connects the horizontal bar 154 with a frame Stud 158 and tends to draw the bar forward, but this is normally prevented by the engagement of the key lever arm 151a with the stud 4152, as shown in Fig. 13. Obviously depression of this special repeat key disengages its lever from said stud. whereupon the bar 154 springs forward to the position shown in Fig. 14.

The numeral 170 designates a familiar lever which constitutes part of the means for controlling the motor drive connections of an electrically operated adding machine. (Reference may be had to Patent No. 866,750, issued September 24, 1907 upon the invention of Jesse G. Vincent for particulars of this motor drive control.) It will be understood that depression of the starting bar 180 lifts the rear arm of said lever 170. Now when theY special key is depressed and the bar 154 springs forward the thrust piece 155 thereof is brought against a stud 17 0a of said motor controlling lever, so that a condition such as illustrated in Fig. 14 comes about. At the same time an upstanding lug 154b of the horizontal bar 154 is inoved under a stud 622a of the plate 622, as also shown in Fig. 14. Therefore when the machine is operated said plate is obstructed and release and restoration of the amount keys will not take place. The machines operation being inaugurated by depression of the starting bar and consequent lifting of` the lever 170, the stud 17 0a of the latter passes up along the` forward edge of the thrust piece 155 and beyond the top edge thereof so that this thrust piece springs under the stud and prevents return of the le-y Therefore the n ver (dotted lines Fig. 14). motor connections are preserved and a second operation of ,the machine will automatically follow. In this second operation of the machine, as before explained, linespacing occurs. Here again I utilize the motion of the line-space bail 95 to attain the desired results in the carrying-out of my present invention. Thus I use the motion of said bail to retract the horizontal bar 154 and release the lever 170. To this end a rock shaft 190 is mounted `on the inner side of the back plate of the machine and there is secured to its left-hand end an arm 191 (Fig. 2) which projects through a slot in said back plate and has a bifurcated end embracing the cross rod of the bail 95. To the right-hand end of this lsame rock shaft is fastened an arm 192 which extends adjacent the bar 154. The latter has a stud 154c which is normally so far rearward that the arm 192 does not operate upon it (Fig. 13). but when the bar 154 is in its forward position blocking the key restoring plate 622 and the starting bar (Fig. 14), said stud is in a position to be engaged by said arm. Then when the line-spacebail swings downward said arm will be swung rearward and under such circumstances will act against the stud and force the bar 154 back to its normal position as illustrated in Fig. 15. This occurs in the first half cycle of the second of the two operations of the machine and consequently the wiper plate 623 1s free to pass down beyond the stud of the release bail so that in the last half cycle of the operation said pawl will perform its customary duty of rocking said bail, and releasing the amount-key stop devices.

The envelop chute 6 before mentioned 1s formed by a plate 6a which is secured to the back plate 2a, as shown in Fig. 11, and eX- tends forward therefrom and then downwardly to constitute the backof the chute; and a front plate 6b with ears 6c embracing the carriage cross rod 2 upon which the strip severing blade 2d is mounted, as usual (see 1). The plates 6 and 6b are united by side plates 6d and the top of the chute is made flaring so as to facilitate introduction of the envelops. The front plate is made with a central openingso that the passage of the inserted envelop down back of the platen can be readily observed. Said plate may have a rearwardly bent portion 6e, as

lshown in Fig. 11, to further narrow down the outlet end of the'chute and more surely amounts together with department desig nating numbers heading them, and separate totals footing them, and a grand total. The keyboard equipment of the machine is such as commonly employed with this particular type of Burroughs machine, i. e. the equipment additional to the before described special repeat key. In Fig. 1 the several special keys are labeled. The key labeled Normal in this view (and similarly labeled in Fig. 18) functions the same as the similar key of the aforesaid White Patent No. 1,048,249, to put the machine in condition for listing without shift of' the carriage and With line-spacing in every operation. In starting Work such as that illustrated in Fig. 1 this normal key will be set down and also the familiar elimination key which is labeled non-add in Fig. 1. So conditioned the machine is prepared to print the department designating number (125) together with a number sign without any registration though the record will show which of the two counters or accumulators is prepared t0 receive a registration. Thus, as shown in Fig. 1, a dash is printed above the number sign which shows that the upper one of the two accumulators is the one ready to receive a registration. In this connection it will be noted that the handle C which controls the accumulators is rearward opposite the letter U, standing for Upper as distinguishing one accumulator from the other. The designating number having thus been printed the normal and non-add keys are released and the special repeat key is put down, then the lirst wage amount is set up by depressing the appropriate keys and the envelop is dropped into the chute and the handle v20 pulled forward and the starting bar 180 depressed. It will be understood of course that the drawing forward of the handle 20 wraps the envelop around the platen 3 as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9, so that it is put in position to receive the imprint of the amount. However, the first operation of the machine prints the amount upon the strip A. The carriage shifts to the left during the latter half of that same operation of the machine, and a second operation automatically ensues during which `the same amount is printed upon the envelop. Then in the latter half of the second operation the carriage shifts back tothe right and the envelop is ejected into the receptacle. Another envelop is inserted and the same manipulation follows as before, and so on for as many wage items as are to be listed under the department designating number. Registration occurs only in every other operation,connections for engaging the adding pinions with their actuating racks being disabled in the present instance during the operation which prints 100 upon the envelop. Thus an adjustable cam plate 160 mounted upon the carriage reciprocating bar 14 coperates withan arm 161,

the latter operating through connections similar to those illustrated and described in 105 the aforesaid Vincent-Benner Patent No.

924,118 (see also Kilpatrick Patent N o.

1,152,517, issued Sept. 7, 1915) to interpose a deiiecting member intothe path of the familiar wiper pawl 821. The listing of wage Y items for the particular department having been completed the normal key will be again put down, a blank operation of the machine had, and then the key labeled Transfer total depressed and the machine again operated for the purpose of printing the total of the wage items and clearing the upper accumulator and transferring the said total to `the lower accumulator. The key in question functions in the same manner and has the same sort of connections as described in the aforesaid White Patent No. 1,048,249, and the letter T is `printed on the record opposite the `total together with a dash above this letter whereby the record is caused to carry an indication that the total printed has been transferred from the upper to the lower accumulator. Several blank operations of the machine may then be taken or the platen 2 turned by hand, 130

simply for the purpose of spacing the next group of items from those already printed. Then the next department designating number will be printed, e. g. 126, the normal and non-add keys being again depressed, and the same operations are resumed for the listing of wage items and the printing of the same upon inserted envelops, followed by the printing of the total.

When all of the several groups of items have been printed and it is desired to strike a grand total of all of the wage items, it is only necessary to shift the handle C forward so as to prepare the lower accumulator for coperating with the actuating racks in a familiar manner, it being lunderstood that the grand total has been collected upon this lower accumulator. The totaling operation is the familiar one of setting down the key labeled Total and operating the machine, which results in printing the grand total together with the familiar star or asterisk and a dash to show whether the upper or lower accumulator had been registering the total. This leaves both accumulators clear and the machine ready for a fresh series of operations.

The arrangement for printing special characters as they appear upon the section of strip illustrated in Fig. 1, is substantially identical with that shown and described in Patent No. 1,018,285, issued February 20, 1912, upon the invention of Nelson Vhite, though it is preferred in the present instance to indicate in connection with the number sign which of the two accumulators is ready to receive a registration, whereas in the construction illustrated and described in said White patent no distinction is made in this particular respect.

The key labeled Counters in Fig. 1 corresponds with the keydesignated 35a in Fig. 2 of the -aforesaid Kilpatrick patent and it serves through the same sort of connections to control the mechanism for shifting the counters or a'ccumulators. When this keyis depressed such mechanism is disabled, as fully explained in said Kikpatrickv patent. As the particular kind of work for which the present invention adapts the machine, doesvnot involve any such thing as alternate registration upon the two count-ers in successive operations, said key will be nism for the accumulators would take place automatically. It may be noted in this connection that the carriage reciprocatin bar 14 carries spring actuated jaws 14b an 14, the same as does the similar bar 14 in the lfVhite Patent No. 1,048,249, whichjaws may be interlocked with any one of a series of tabulating fingers upon the rock rod 99. In the drawings they are shown interlocked with a stop finger near the left-hand end of said rod as the machine is viewed from the rear (Fig. 2). Obviously if interlocked with a linger farther to the right the carriage could be caused to automatically reciprocate between two columnar positions within the range of the strip or sheet feeding section of the platen.

Adjustability of the cam plate 160 upon the bar 14 was previously mentioned. This isprovided for by slotting said plate longitudinally to engage screw studs upon said bar as show-n in Fig. 2 and three positions of the plate upon the bar are provided for and rendered definite by perforating the bar at three places as designated by l, 9^, n, and mounting a spring pressed pin 160a upon the plate. f The cam plate is double-acting, having a cam edge at each end, and through the adjustments referred to may be caused to eect a non-add or eliminating condition of the machine with the carriage in either of two columnar positions between which it reciprocates or to-occupy a neutral position so that accumulation may be had with '.the carriage in both positions. Thus with the pin 160a in the middle perforation (designated n) the arm 161 will be upheld by the plate in both extreme positions of the bar 14. On the other hand if the said pin is engaged with the perforation designated Z, as shown in Fig. 2, the cam edge at the left of the plate will permit the said arm 161 to drop when the bar 14 has been shifted to the right as the parts are viewed in Fig. 2, with the result that the non-add devices will be brought into play when the carriage isv in the left-hand position as viewed from the front. On the other hand,

vif the said pin is set in the perforation designated 1' the cam edge at the right of the plate will permit the said arm to'drop when the bar 14 is over to the left as the parts are viewed in Fig. 2, with the result that the non-add devices are brought into play when the carriage is in the right-hand,

is set in theperforation designated Z as shown in Fig. 2. Should it be preferred,

however, to bring the non-add devices into l. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of setting up mechanism; type carriers; a prime mover; release mechanism operated by the prime mover to restore-the setting up mechanism; settable means for disabling the release mechanism; a laterally reciprocating paper carriage; means for reciprocating the same by the prime mover; and means controlled by the position of the carriage for retracting the settable means.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of setting up mechanism; type carriers; a prime mover; release mechanism operated by the prime moverto restore the setting up mechanism; settable means for disabling the release mechanism; a laterally reciprocating paper fcarriage; means for reciprocating the same by the prime mover; line-spacing mechanism alter- Vnately effective in successive operations of the prime mover; and means operated by the line-spacing mechanism for retracting the settable means.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of setting up mechanism; type carriers; a prime mover; release mechanism operated by the prime mover to restore the setting up mechanism; settable means for disabling the release mechanism; a laterally reciprocating paper carriage; means for reciprocating the same by the prime mover; injecting and ejecting devices on the carriage; line-spacing mechanism alternately effective in successive operations of the prime mover; and means operated by the line-spacing mechanism for retracting thev settable means and for causing Vejecting action of the aforesaid devices.

4. The combination 'with the recording mechanism of an adding machine; of a laterally reciprocating paper carriage; an injecting and ejecting mechanism thereon; a prime mover; connections therefrom for reciprocating the carriage in successive operations; means for causing the same amount to be printed in both positions of the carriage; and means for causing ejecting action of the aforesaid mechanism to take place as an incident to one of the two successive operations of the prime mover.

5. The combination with the recording i mechanism of an adding machine; of a laterally reciprocating paper carriage; an inv Lacasse jecting and ejecting mechanism thereon; a prime mover, connections therefrom for reciprocating the carriage in successive operations; means 'for causing the same amount to be printed in both positions of the carriage; line-spacing mechanism alternately effective in successive operations of the prime mover; and means for causing ejecting action ofthe aforesaid mechanism to take place as an incident to the linespacing operation.

6. The combination with recording mechanism of an adding machine; of a laterally reciprocating paper carriage having a sectional roller platen; line-spacing mechanism applied to one section; a spring for backwardly rotating the other section; means for turning the latter forward a measured distance; a detent for holding it turned forward; a prime mover; connections for reciprocating the carriage thereby; and means for tripping the detent.

7. The combination with recording mechanism of an adding machine; of a laterally reciprocating paper carriage having a sectional roller platen, line-spacing mechanism applied to one section; a spring for backwardly rotating the other section; means for turning the latter forward a measured distance; a detent for holding it turned forward; a prime lmover; connections for reciprocating the carriage thereby; and means for tripping the detent as an incident to every other operation of the prime mover.

8. 'The combination with recording mechanism of an adding machine; of a laterally reciprocating paper carriage having a sectional roller platen; line-spacing mechanism applied to one section; a spring for -backwardly rotating the other section;

means for turning the latter forward a measured distance; a detent for holding it turnedforward; a prime mover; connectlons for reciprocating the carriage thereby; linespacing mechanism; connections from the prime mover for operating the same; means for disabling said mechanlsm in every other operation of the prime mover; and means for tripping the aforesaid detent by the linespacing mechanism. I

9. The combination with recording mechanism of an adding machine; of Aa laterally reclprocating paper carriage having a sectional roller platen; line-spacing mechanism applied to one section; a spring for backwardly rotatingthe other section; means for turning the latter forward a measured distance; a detent for holding it turned forward; a prime mover; connections for reciprocating 4the lcarriage thereby; linespacing mechanism including a swinging bail; means for disabling said mechanism in every other operation of the prime mover; and a toggle device operated by the bail lasV and engaging the aforesaid detent to disengage it from the platen section.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination of setting up mechanism; type carriers; a prime mover; release mechanism operated by the prime mover to restore the setting up mechanism; a spring-actuated bar adapted to obstruct said release mechanism; a vkey normally restraining said bar; a

laterally shiftable paper carriage; means for reciprocating the same by the prime mover; and means controlled by the position of the carriage for retracting said bar.

11. In a machine of the class described, the" combination of setting up mechanism; type carriers; a prime mover; release mecha` nism operated by the prime mover to restore the setting up mechanism; a spring-actuated bar adapted to obstruct said release mechanism; a key normally restraining said bar; a laterally shiftable paper carriage; means for reciprocating the same by the prime mover; line-spacing mechanism alternately effective inl successive operations of the prime mover and including --a reciprocable bail; and a rocking structure operated by said bail and adapted to retract the aforesaid bar.

12. In a machine of the class described, the combination of setting up mechanism; type carriers; a prime mover; release mechanism operated by the prime mover to restore the setting up mechanism; a spring-actuated bar adapted to obstruct said release mechanism; a key normally restraining said bar; a pawlon the bar; a prime-mover controlling member engaged by said pavvl and adapted to be held displaced thereby; a laterally shftable paper carriage; means for reciprocating the-same by the prime mover; and means controlled by the position of the carriage for retracting said bar.

13. In a machine of the class described, the combination of setting up mechanism; type carriers; a prime mover; release mechanism operated by the prime mover to restore the setting up mechanism; a spring-actuated bar adapted to obstruct said release mechanism; a key normally restraining said bar; a pawl on the bar; a lprime-mover controlling member engaged by said pawl and adapted to be held displaced thereby; a lat-v erally shiftable paper carriage; means for reciprocating the same by the prime mover; line-spacing mechanism alternately effective in successive operations of the prime mover and including a reciprocable bail; and a rocking structure operated by said bail and adapted to retract the aforesaid bar.

14. In a machine of the class described the combination with adding and printing mechanisms, and a prime mover and connections for operating the same; of an oscillatory platen, means for injecting the article to be printed upon by movement of the platen in one direction, and means for ejecting said article by reverse movement of the platen under control of the prime mover after operation of the printing mechanism.

15. In a machine of the class described the combination with adding and printing mechanisms, and a prime mover and connections for operating the same; of an oscillatory platen, a clamping device carried thereby, means for turning the platen one Way and thereby causing the clamp to act upon an inserted article and carry it over the face of the platen, and means controlled by the c prime mover for effecting reverse movement of the platen and ejection of the article after operation of the printing mechanism.

16. In a machine of the class described the combination With adding and printing mechanisms, and a prime mover and connections for operating the same; of, an oscillatory platen, a clamp pivoted upon the platen and spring-actuated, means for normally restraining the spring to /hold the clamp open, means for turning the platen one way and thereby removing the clamp from the restraining means, a spring for turning the .platen the other Way, a detent for holding it against said spring, and means fortnppmg the detent by prime mover connections.

17. In a machine of the class described the, combination with adding and printing mechanisms, and a prime mover and connections for operating the same; of an oscillatory platen, a clamp pivoted upon the platen and spring-actuated, an abutment normally engaging the clamp to hold it open, a handle and connections for turning the platen one Way and thereby taking the clamp away from said abutment, a spring for turning the platen the other way, a detent for holding it in opposition to said spring, and means for tripping the detent by prlmek mover connections.

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